Friday 17 April 2020

The Stampach Cuirassiers and then some ...

Again some 28mm finished ...

The first is the Stampach Cuirassiers of the Austrian Army. Founded on 6 of February 1682, this cavalry regiment has seen a lot, from Garrison duty in Transylvania back to the Rhineland and then to Blenheim, Landau and Denain and then back to Moravia. Then against the Turks or later Sicily, and during the War of Polish Succession it was the Cavalry regiment of Prince Eugene de Savoie. In the War of the Bavarian Sucession it was at Prague and the campaign in Bavaria.

In the Seven Years War its first "owner" was Karl Baron Karger von Stampach, hence its name, and was in the the thick of it, at the following battles: Lobositz, Prague, Leuthen, Hochkirch, Maxen and last not least Torgau, where they distinguished themselves by pushing back a Prussian Curassier regiment and capturing 3 standards and threw an infantry battalion into disorder.










And at last the only remnants of my Human/Empire Fantasy army, some of the "Reiksland Greatswords", from the time when GW made metal figures. But as they have a look a bit reminding me of Dürer/Altdorf, I let them gracefully age in my Renaisscance collection as Doppelsöldner.





Wednesday 15 April 2020

3rd Showcase: AWI - The Americans (and friends)

Proudly presenting the Americans and (some French) of the American War of Independence, about nine regiments and two medium guns and 3 heavy siege (their actually usable for both sides) ... 2 French regiments, riflemen, and the Stockbridge Indians and the 3rd dragoons ... more Militia is tempting, but then the rustic uniforms ... hm ... maybe some day I will come back to them ...


some riflemen 

a generic state levy regiment

Some generic "uniformed" Militia

Smallwood‘s Marylanders 1776 

The 3rd New York regiment


the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons 


The siege guns

The Stockbridge Indians and some Southern Militia in shirts

A generic Continental army regiment in brown

A generic Continental army regiment in blue

The French Auxerrois and the Soissonnais regiments

The Delaware Haslet's "Chicken" (in their early hats) 

Washingtons Guard blown up to a full regiment

The whole lot


Wednesday 8 April 2020

Showcase Easter special: Renaissance - The Great Italian Wars

For easter a little extra fluff - my complete Italian wars collection,  as I'm rebasing my swordsmen and the doppel-soeldner, I will probably continue with the other skirmishers (arquebusiers and Swiss halberdiers )... in between paint job so keep me entertained ...

Enjoy!



The whole lot

Some French Gendarmes d‘Ordonnance, Men-at-arms, Archers and Stradioti

The Imperial Horse, Argulets and mounted Crossbows, Men-at-arms and Gendarmes
The German Gendarmes


The Imperial camp

The Borgias swordsmen and the Nürnberg pikeblock 
Nürnberg a bit closer


The Gascoigne Crossbows and the sinister Black Band in French service

A Hackbut the Pikeblock with a Swabian League commander and Cesare Borgias


A French gun and its point of view


The large Fugger Pikeblock and some Doppelsöldner

The Fugger a bit closer


The rest of the French Gendarmes and their Men-at-arms

Some Stradioti with bows

The Schwyz Pikeblock


The Memmingen Pikeblock

The Rest of the German Gendarmes and Men-at-arms



Behind Imperial guns the Black Band approaches

... of course there is room for more ...




Sunday 5 April 2020

Showcase: AWI - The British

I just thought in these isolating times my miniatures need a bit of airing too, so  decided to do a little showcase where I will go through my collection and show them off a little bit.
Enjoy!



the pickets

The whole lot that I call my own ...

the 17th Dragoons (the Death&Glory boyz)

and the camp - no sponsorship intended ...

The Camp and baggage train ...

Grasshopper

The 28th Foot and the 5th Northumbrian Fusiliers in parade outfit (little bearskin hats) 


The 7th Royal Fusiliers and the 64th Foot

The other Dragoons next to the reserve


Royal Artillery, the 49th and the 35th Foot 

the reserve, Grenadier regiment and LI

the camp again ... 

The CinC with the Grenadiers and the Light Infantry